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Hypocrite vs. Liar — What's the Difference?

Hypocrite vs. Liar — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hypocrite and Liar

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Hypocrite

Example: Raymond Farina

Liar

One that tells lies.

Hypocrite

A person given to hypocrisy.

Liar

One who frequently tells lies.

Hypocrite

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
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Liar

A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

Hypocrite

One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart.

Liar

A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.

Hypocrite

A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold

Liar

A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly

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